The occurrence of alpine permafrost in the Front Range of Colorado

Geomorphology

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 375-389

  Janke, Jason R ^a  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine permafrost; Front Range; GIS applications; Rock glaciers

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; GIS; PERMAFROST; ROCK GLACIER;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17444398154     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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